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____17. 0 Yudhisthira | The condition of one whn obsarves celibacy even for one night, cannot even be compared with that of one duing one thousand sacrifices.
नैष्टिकं ब्रह्मचर्य तु मे चरंति सुनिधिताः ।
देवानामपि ते पूज्या पवित्र मंगलं तथा ॥१८॥ 18. Naistıkamı brahmacaryain tu yè curanti su-nisciták,
Devānāmapi tè pūjyā pavitram mangalam tathā.
18. Those firmly resolute persons, who observe natural celibacy, are adorable even by gods; because, it is pure and auspicious.
शीलानामुत्तमं शीलं, व्रतानामुत्तमं व्रतम् ।
ध्यानानामुत्तमं ध्यानं, ब्रह्मचर्य सुरक्षितम् ॥१९॥ 19. Silānāmuttamam silam, vratānāmutta mam vratam;
Dhyāaināmuttanam dbyānum brahmacaryam sumraksitaın.
19. Well-preserved celibacy is the best of moral virtues, the best of vows, and the best of religious contemplations.
पुन-दा-र कुटुंबेषु सत्ता सीदति अंतवः ।
सरपंकार्णवे मना, जीर्णवीर्या गजा इव ॥२०॥ 20. Putra-dāra-kutumbèsu saktā sidanti jantavaḥ;
Sarah-pankāraṇavè magnā, jirņa-víryā gajā iva.
20. Low persons attached to one's own Bons, wife, and family-members, become afflicted like elephants-whose strength has become exhausted-drowned in the ocean of mire in a lake.
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यदरं यदुराराध्यं, यच्च दूरे व्यवस्थितम् । तत्सर्व तपसा साध्यं, तपो हि दुरतिक्रमम् ॥१॥
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